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Shirley is a California Desert Tortoise that has been in our family for 40 years. (She was found walking the street...so we have no idea of her age or earlier life.) My grandmother took care of her until she passed away. Then it was my mother until she moved to Washington. Then it was me. I...

Help! Due to myriad health reasons, I was forced to moved from Central California to Washington State where the rest of my family lives. Shirley came with me. She was already hibernating when we made the journey and she's been awake for about a month (she'd been living in my closet in her box...

I did a dumb thing. I bug bombed my house today...before checking on the forum for guidance. Shirley sleeps in the dining room in her cardboard condo (box). The dining room and kitchen have tile floors. I put her out in the backyard, her box and water bowl on the patio. I did the bug bomb thing...

Shirley and I joined the forum in mid-April. Our introduction was here: https://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/say-hello-to-shirley.181341/ if you want to review our background. Shirley has not been herself lately. She usually spends her days roaming around the backyard or climbing through her...

Hello. My tortoise is named Shirley. Actually, her full name is Ms Shirley Tortoise. Shirley came to my family nearly 40 years ago, in either 1981 or 1983. A man found her walking down the street (so he says). He stopped, picked her up and walked up to my grandmother's house. He asked her if...